Lindesnes Lighthouse

The southernmost point of Norway has carried a light since 1656, when a station was first built to mark the way from the North Sea into the Skagerrak. The present tower went up in 1915 (cast iron on a granite foundation, 16 metres tall, white with a red top) and took the old first-order Fresnel lens with it; the light stands 50 metres above the sea and can be seen for seventeen nautical miles and more. The Germans held it during the war and built a small gun fortress here, and the trenches and tunnels are still in the ground. It is still active, and a museum.